Winters coming;all inclusive rugby thread.

What did he say?

What did he say?

Who?

Adam Jones. He was falling over his words a bit. 😀

Tonga and Samoa (at least so far !)

Ah, Adam! Well, he is ace when interviewed, IMHO!

Is this one of those glitchy bumpity things?

FIXTHISEFFINGGLITCH, FFS

Not back 10 AGAIN!

Joubert….Seriously?

15 man lineout! Awesome!

Now there’s teamwork, butty. 😆

15 man line out FTW 😀

Oh, a card? Well fancy that.

Wrong colour and 50 odd minutes too late, but I’ll take that! 🙂

Some poor hands in there.

Not back ten AGAIN.

Happy.

Quite amusing hearing Zinzan Brooke commenting on foul play at half time – as one of the dirtiest players the All Blacks have had.

Not as bad as I thought, Hoare will be going home early 4 weeks for that is my guess.

Yep, much improved from Wales in the second half. Poor decisions and basic errors in the first.

I hope New Zealand are proud of Hoare. Nasty little shit.

At times the ABs look quite vulnerable when a team is attacking them in the forwards down the middle. Scotland really did that well a few weeks ago and Wales really put a lot of pressure there too. Should have got 1 more in the second half.

still so sure of the lions line up????………….when the AB can get away with committing only 1 man at the breakdown you know you are in trouble. Welsh wings and big centres null and void today…………and another thing if they’re playing in 95% humidity with the roof shut why don’t they just play with it open??

How is it even possible to give away 21 penalties? FFS.

Wales don’t have the character to beat NZ. They never will.

I actually wish I followed the English rugby team. Up to Aberdeen and unable to even drink copiously afterwards because I had my kids with me.That was the worst ever performance I have even seen from my country, and bringing on Bath’s 2xv number 10 when we were struggling already? Please sack Robinson now,I have played in better organised and coached club sides.

Quite amusing hearing Zinzan Brooke commenting on foul play at half time – as one of the dirtiest players the All Blacks have had.

never thought of Brooke as dirty any examples?
So should i bother watching any of the games?

Never thought of Brooke as a dirty player either. Here is a text book tackle from the man himself……

Just watched the wales game. Liam Williams is a nasty horrible little shit but I thought he stepped up well, as did shingler and Scott Andrews exceeded my expectations by a huge amount. Joubert is still a **** though.

Robinson’s gone.
Would love to have heard from TJ on this.
He was right all along.
If you still read the forum, all the best.

http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/story/173674.html

That Zinzan hit is pretty good 😀

Has Hoare been cited yet?

loum TJ sends me stuff he wants to post but haven’t heard anything for a while. So Growler has gone never rated him and glad to see the back of him. Who now for Scotland, I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole.

Robbo’s gone! Lucky for Scotland.

The RFU need to get rid of SL and his coaching goons (except Rowntree), bring back SCW and then Robbo as forwards’ coach.

That’ll be a start.

Duckie, we will give you Deccie for a bottle of Irn Bru and a haggis supper.

Although Ire got a good win on paper yesterday I still don’t think the young players are being brought on fast enough, what was the point of bringing ROG on for 10 mins at the end. Young Jackson should have been given a run.

All Blacks should have been down to 14. No excuse for what Hoare did. I wonder will Donnacha Ryan send Bradley a get well soon card?

England found wanting again at 9-10-12. We’ll not be a threat until we replace these shirt fillers. Do we have the two most unimaginative 10s in international rugby? Having said that I thought priestland was rubbish yesterday.
T youngs was also poor. Liam Williams was a proper PITA. I like him. Dreadful stuff by Hoare. Why no retribution? I was hoping to see him bleed.
No surprise about Robinson. Third tier rugby is calling him.

great to see the boys in red running in the tries!!! More great defence by McVisser

Wales was robbed

Can you believe the ref bought that dive 🙁 shameful

Don’t agree with the hatchet out for SL. They came within 2 pints of a win, played with intensity and an obvious difference from the week before. Yes individual performances can be criticised by they lost by the worlds unluckiest try.

Better performance than last week, but a loss is a loss.

Wales were dire but the AB’s went to sleep and should gave won by more and flattered Wales performance.

In what way were Wales dire? I thought they did some good things despite being decimated by injuries before and during the game.

Yes, SL is not long in the job, please don’t let coaches become like football managers were unless results turn round instantly they are sacked.

It takes time to develop. Who saw the program on LOL the other night where they said in a brave move by the RFU they gave Woodward another term and look what he developed.

They are a few decisions / breaks of the ball away from beating two southern hem sides, one of which is rated 2 in the world. The looked better against the boks, who didn’t look like scoring either.

Give him a four year cycle and see where we are then. Look at Flower and the cricket team, he is reaping the rewards of a fairly steady upward curve for a number of years. It takes time to build, he needs more than a season or two.

England found wanting again at 9-10-12. We’ll not be a threat until we replace these shirt fillers. Do we have the two most unimaginative 10s in international rugby? Having said that I thought priestland was rubbish yesterday.

have only seen the highlights but would say it easy to blame the halfbacks when they dont get good ball going forward. Farrel isnt much cop and Barrit is just a defender. Go forward ball and a decent 12 might make the half backs look better. Is it me or does Tuilagi look a bit heavy?

AA- he’d look bloody heavy running straight at you I know!

Wales weren’t dire but they weren’t great either, mind you difficult to be when you play probably the best side ever.